Yuri Kushnarev

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Yuri Kushnarev
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Kushnarev against Germany in 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying Repechage playoff.
Date of birth (1985-06-06) 6 June 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight210 lb (15 st 0 lb; 95 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2002–2012 VVA ()
2013 Kuban Krasnodar 18 (221)
2014–2018 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 31 (183)
2021 Krasny Krasnoyarsk 5 (40)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2007–2021 Russia 120 (797)

Yuri Viktorovich Kushnarev [lower-alpha 1] (born 6 June 1985) is a former Russian rugby union player. He played as a fullback and/or as a fly-half. Kushnarev is the most capped Russian player as well as the top scorer for Russia. Having played one hundred and twenty times for his country, Kushnarev holds the 24th most caps in international rugby.

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Club career

Yuri Kushnarev is the most titled rugby player of Russia. He first played for VVA, from 2002 to 2012, where he won seven titles of Russia, then for RC Kuban, in 2013. Since from 2014 Kushnarev plays for Krasnoyarsk clubs. Since 2014 to 2018, for Enisei-STM. From 2019 to 2021 for Krasny Yar.

Honours

International career

Kushnarev finished his international career for Russia with over one-hundred and fifteen caps. And since 2005 with ten tries, one-hundred and forty seven conversions, one-hundred and thirty seven penalties and one drop goal. Overall over seven-hundred and fifty points on aggregate. Kushnarev was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in three games and scoring one penalty. [1] [2] He also played at the unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and was a key player in the team that reached their qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. At the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Kushnarev scored one conversion, three penalty goals, and one drop goal. In total he scored fourteen points for Russia.

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: Юрий Викторович Кушнарёв

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This article documents the statistics of the 2019 Rugby World Cup which was held in Japan from 20 September to 2 November.

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". 2011 Rugby World Cup Official Site. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Italy 53 Russia 17: match report". Daily Telegraph. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
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